Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन तत्र स्नानं समाचरेत् । नरो वा यदि वा नारी प्राप्नोति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

tasmātsarvaprayatnena tatra snānaṃ samācaret | naro vā yadi vā nārī prāpnoti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

Darum soll man sich mit allem Eifer dort baden; ob Mann oder Frau, man erlangt das höchste Ziel.

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण हेत्वर्थे अव्ययवत् = therefore/from that reason

• sarva-prayatnena: with all effort
• sarva-prayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; ‘with all effort’; compound: कर्मधारय (sarvaḥ prayatnaḥ)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• snānam: bath
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samācaret: should perform
• samācaret: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-car (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Coordination (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha/Coordination (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात

• nārī: a woman
• nārī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present indicative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• paramām: supreme
• paramām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण to gatim

• gatim: state, goal, liberation
• gatim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāmbavatī-tīrtha / Prabhāsa snāna-sthāna (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / pilgrims-by-proxy

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A broad view of the sacred bathing place: pilgrims—men and women—enter the water with determination; above, a subtle vision of the ‘supreme path’ opens, with light leading toward a distant shrine and the ocean horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
• Jāmbavatī River

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-sevā is universal: sincere practice at a sanctified site is presented as a direct means toward the highest spiritual end.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bathing-place (snāna-tīrtha) at the Jāmbavatī River in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To perform snāna there with full earnestness (sarvaprayatnena).